A sabre for an officer, of the Life Guard Infantry Regiment (1st Grand Duchy of Hesse) No. 115 Slightly curved, single-edged, blade of watered steel with yelmen. Etched, blued, and gilded. Bears the owner's name on the obverse side, and the inscription "Lieutnant im Großherzoglich Hessischen Leibgarde-Regiment" (Lieutenant in the Grand Duchy of Hesse's Life Guard Infantry Regiment) on the reverse side. Each inscription is set among trophy bundles and tendrils. Typical open work brass basket hilt without the grand duke's cipher. Sharkskin hilt cover with somewha,
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